In the beginning it may seem like your child may be "behind", but remember that they were born well ahead of their due date. For the first two years, that plays a big role on developmental mile stones. My son was born 10 weeks premature and for the first two years they had to adjust his mile stones to his due date. He seemed behind at first, but now he is right on track at age 4.

Yeah, newborn babies should be paid attention to many things! My family environment is very important for the baby?s health. I invited VeryMaids nurtures infant teacher to take care for the baby, the first thing after nurtures infant teacher came home is to advice to improve the house environment, to fit baby's growing.
experts also told my husband and I that go home with weak brine formed the habit of mouthwash to avoid germs bring the baby. If you want to know something about VeryMaids, here is its website: http://www.verymaids.com/EN/index-en.html. Good luck!

The theme here is that every child is different- I think and have heard many a nurse say sometimes girls mature faster than boys. I think that the more premature the baby the longer it takes for them to catch up-big difference in possible challenges(health/feeding/lungs) for a 28 weeker compared to a 34 weeker as the latter had the fortune of 6 more weeks in the womb for example. Early Access or similar services are a wonderful way to gauge and assist a preemie to hone and build skill.
The wonderful gift of children is that each is unique and we get to enjoy the journey!

My son was 8 weeks early and weighed 5lbs 15oz and was 18 inches long, he was too long to fit in preemie clothes, and was too small for newborn hehe. They said you have to adjust everything to his original due date. He was in the NICU for 3 weeks. We have a program the hospital set up called Early Access, they come to the house as often as we like to set up (we have it set at every 2 months). They come to check his developement at his adjusted age, and at his actual age, so if he declines in developement we can get started with therapy as soon as possible. So far they havent had to use the adjusted tests. Just before Christmas they came and screened him, and said he was above average and advanced in almost all areas for his actualy age... they come on on feb 8, cant wait to see what they say..
so some babies are behind and some are way ahead, yu can only go with how they want to develop and help where you can. Good luck!

My twins were born 5 weeks early. They are 4 months old and My little girl looks like a 2 month old, and my son looks like he's 4 months old. They both act normal. They are very happy and healthy. My little girl on the other hand will stand straight up when you hold her she's very strong and alert. My son is little less willing to use his legs in that way. But he's also a little mellower personality. I also strictly give them breast milk only!!! They are doing just fine. So I see no reason why a premature baby wouldn't act their age. Even though they were early and are total opposites, they act just like 4 month olds... Just my opinion :)

All babies are different with their development including preemies. Typically the babies development will be 4 weeks delayed as compared to a full term baby. However, my friend had twins who were 6 weeks early and were only delayed 2-3 weeks with development. Most preemie children will catch up by 2 years of age.

My Twins were born at 35w 1d. They are now 11 months old. Brian aka Baby A has always been ahead of the developmental schedule, sitting up at 4 months walking at 9 months when Brandon aka Baby B started sitting at 6 months and is just mastering standing with balance. Our Pediatrician sees no developmental delay at all with them. One is just advanced and the other is on target.

Hello, my son to was born premature. He was born 5 weeks early. He is not walking on his own yet, but he understand alot of things. Like t.v. he loves watching Nick JR. he goes crazy everytime it comes out. The only thing is that it took him some time to hold his head up, even to crawl and roll over. Its scary I remember I would always ask his pediatrician and he too will tell me that he was a month behind. Like if he was 5 months he was really 4 months. Is weird but that's how it goes. Though he has not started walking on his own yet. But then again my son was born with club feet and I feel like, because of that he will take a little longer to learn. He walks around holding on to stuff he stands on his own but does not walk on his own.

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